Abstract: Roasted coffee beans having reduced levels of acrylamide, coffee beans having reduced levels of asparagine, and an article of commerce. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for reducing the level of acrylamide in roasted coffee beans comprising reducing the level of asparagine in coffee beans. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for reducing the level of asparagine in coffee beans comprising adding an asparagine-reducing enzyme to coffee beans. In still another aspect, an article of commerce communicates to the consumer that the roasted coffee beans, coffee beans, product comprising roasted coffee beans or coffee beans, and/or article of commerce has reduced or low levels of asparagine and/or acrylamide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2003
Date of Patent:
May 22, 2007
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Glenn James Dria, David Vincent Zyzak, Roger William Gutwein, Francisco Valentino Villagran, Herbert Thomas Young, Paul Ralph Bunke, Peter Yau Tak Lin, John Keeney Howie, Richard Gerard Schafermeyer
Abstract: Roasted cocoa beans having reduced levels of acrylamide, cocoa beans having reduced levels of asparagine, and an article of commerce. In one aspect, the invention provides a method for reducing the level of acrylamide in roasted cocoa beans comprising reducing the level of asparagine in cocoa beans. In another aspect, the invention provides a method for reducing the level of asparagine in cocoa beans comprising adding an asparagine-reducing enzyme to cocoa beans. In still another aspect, an article of commerce communicates to the consumer that the product comprising cocoa beans has reduced or low levels of asparagine and/or acrylamide.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 25, 2003
Date of Patent:
March 13, 2007
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company
Inventors:
John Keeney Howie, Peter Yau Tak Lin, David Vincent Zyzak
Abstract: A fresh packaging system for roast and ground coffee having a top load capacity of at least about 16 pounds (7.3 Kg) comprising a container with a closed bottom, an open top, and a body enclosing a perimeter between the bottom and the top. A protuberance is continuously disposed around the perimeter of the body proximate to the top and forms a ridge external to the body. A flexible closure is removeably attached and sealed to the protuberance so that the closure seals the interior volume of the container. The container bottom and container body are constructed from a material having a tensile modulus number ranging from at least about 35,000 to at least about 650,000 pounds per square inch (at least about 2,381 to at least about 44,230 atm).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2002
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2007
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company
Inventors:
David Andrew Dalton, James David Smith, James Lee Bono, Sameer Mungur, Douglas Bruce Zeik, Aisha Barry, Jennifer Ruth Ralston Floyd
Abstract: A packaging system useful for roast and ground coffee, having a container with a closed bottom, an open top, and a body enclosing a perimeter between the bottom and the top. An annular protuberance is disposed upon the body and is continuously disposed around the perimeter of the body proximate to the top. The protuberance forms a surface external to the body. The surface is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the container. A flexible closure is removeably attached and sealed to the protuberance so that the closure seals the interior volume of the container.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 2, 2003
Date of Patent:
January 30, 2007
Assignee:
The Procter and Gamble Company
Inventors:
David Andrew Dalton, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Thomas James Manske, Jr.